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Stress Takes a Toll on Leaders

Sharon McDowell-Larsen

For leaders, stress comes with the territory. The increasingly competitive nature of global business, the pressures to succeed quickly and the fear of failing, the physical demands of late nights and constant traveling, and the increasing difficulty of balancing work with personal and family needs are just some of the things that fill executives' lives with stress. Consider that the average participant in CCL's Leadership at the Peak program, for top-level executives, works more than sixty hours a week and that many of these leaders are on the road for up to a third of the year. In fact, according to Jobs Rated Almanac, 2001, the position of senior corporate executive is ...